The allied armies remained at Philipsburg anticipating a major operation against the English at New York City. In August 1781, the decision was made to conduct a strategic march against the English army in Virginia.
Note: numbering of day marches begins anew for this SECOND PHASE of the march to Yorktown.

14. Philipsburg, NY

First March: 18-19 August

15. Pines Bridge, NY

Second March: 21 August

16. Hunt's Tavern, NY

Third March: 22 August

17. King's Ferry, NY

Fourth March: 24 August

18. Haverstraw, NY

Fifth March: 25 August

19. Suffern, NY

Sixth March: 26 August

20. Pompton Meetinghouse, NJ

Seventh March: 27 August

21. Whippany, NJ

Eighth March: 27-29 August

22. Bullion's Tavern (Liberty Corner), NJ

Ninth March: 30 August

23. Somerset Courthouse (Millstone), NJ

Tenth March: 31 Aug-1 Sep

24. Princeton, NJ

Eleventh March: 1-2 Sep

25. Trenton, NJ

Twelfth March: 2-3 Sep

26. Red Lion

Thirteenth March: 3-4 Sep

27. Philadelphia, PA

Fourteenth March: 5-6 Sep

French army paraded past the Continental Congress.
Rochambeau went on a boat from Philadelphia to Chester, where George Washington met him with the news that de Grasse's squadron had arrived at the mouth of the Chesapeake.

28. Chester, PA

Fifteenth March: 6-7 Sep

29. Wilmington and Newport, DE

Sixteenth March: 7-8 Sep

30. Head of Elk, MD
(Where a few French embarked on boats.)

Seventeenth March: 9 Sep

31. Lower Ferry (Perryville), MD

Eighteenth March: 10 Sep

32. Bush Town (Harford), MD

Nineteenth March: 11 Sep

33. White Marsh, MD

Twentieth March: 12-15 Sep

34. Baltimore, MD

Twenty-First March: 16 Sep

35. Spurier's Tavern, MD

Twenty-Second March: 17 Sep

36. Scott's House, MD

Twenty-Third March: 18-21 Sep

37. Annapolis, MD

Chesapeake voyage 22-25 Sep

At Annapolis, sufficient ships had arrived to transport the army (except for the wagon train and its hussar escort) down the Chesapeake Bay.

38. Archer's Hope, VA

Twenty-Fourth March: 26-27 Sep

39. Williamsburg, VA

28 Sept, the Allied army moved into siege positions around Yorktown, VA